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Since I haven't read all the Song of Ice and Fire books, I thought I'd start this thread to discuss the series without spoiling the later books. If you want to discuss spoilers without spoiler tags, please use the other thread.

Here are some suggestions from contributors to this thread:

1. Please do not post anything about the story beyond what has aired at all, in spoiler tags or not.

2. If you would like to make comments informed by or in reference to the books regarding content that has aired, please enclose it in a spoiler tag.

3. If you wish to discuss anything about the story beyond what has aired in any way, shape, or form, do so in the full spoiler thread, but beware that unmarked spoilers regarding all published books will be present.

By doing so, folks who want to discuss the show without any outside influence can simply ignore spoiler content, while folks who have read part of the novels or who are curious about context that the books can provide about what they have seen can do so via spoiler tags in this thread without the risk of significantly spoiling what is to come later in the show or the books, a risk which is incredibly present in the full spoiler thread.

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Finished the 2nd book and 2nd season yesterday. Read till I had a headache on Saturday so I started watching the show since I was almost done with the book. Just wanted to say, "Hello. I'll be joining this thread now." Or one of the others. I think there's something like 10 of them.

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Finished the 2nd book and 2nd season yesterday. Read till I had a headache on Saturday so I started watching the show since I was almost done with the book. Just wanted to say, "Hello. I'll be joining this thread now." Or one of the others. I think there's something like 10 of them.

Finished the 2nd book and 2nd season yesterday. Read till I had a headache on Saturday so I started watching the show since I was almost done with the book. Just wanted to say, "Hello. I'll be joining this thread now." Or one of the others. I think there's something like 10 of them.

Thought I'd cross post this here for the Game of Thrones fans. The Ice and Fire Convention is going to be held at Ravenwood Castle April 26th-28th, 2013.

The organizers have allowed us to publicize the event to those we think might be interested, but MonoCheli and I have no control over registration or tickets. If you are at all interested, you'll want to hit up their website at http://iceandfireconvention.webs.com/

Oh man, so little time to finish book three and start on the fourth. The Vita has just eaten up all my portable time.

If you're just trying to keep pace with the TV show this next season is only the first half of book three (more or less).

Oh, I had the feeling they were going to be loose with the book's structure, like Seasons 1 and 2.

Well, that was the "more or less" part. Because of how the books are written you sometimes don't find about certain events until long after they happened. I think the show might pull those things out of later books and put them in the show at the time they're happening. So, they may pull in certain things from the latter half of the book or maybe even book four, but the meat of the season will just be the first half.

SpacePPoliceman wrote:

Maaan, I was hoping for a real trailer...

If they follow the same formula from last season we should get a teaser trailer or two this month and then get our first full length trailer in January.

The first beer, Iron Throne Blonde Ale, will debut mid- to late-March to coincide with the show’s March 31 premiere. The second beer will launch next fall, followed by two more beers in subsequent seasons.

I hope somewhere local ends up carrying this as I really want to try it. I wouldn't be surprised if they do a similar deal with a winery somewhere. I would love to sit down and watch the show drinking some Winterfell Mead or Arbor Gold or Dornish Red or Lys White.

Last season I actually did buy some Mead that came with a packet of mulling spices. I mulled it before the show and poured us both some glasses and she thought it was the most disgusting thing she'd ever tasted. So I got to drink hers as well.

I'm working on carrying it at the castle. In the midst of exchanging emails with the brewery in fact. I'm sure one or two will end up in my private, personal collection. Should that happen, and if you can't find it locally, let me know and I'll be glad to send you one.

Oooh, that reminds me: for Christmas Eve my sister in-law created a thing from The Feast of Ice and Fire. Wish I had pictures of it - bacon and beef pie was probably the star of the show, but the seafood chowder in trenchers was a close second.

Oooh, that reminds me: for Christmas Eve my sister in-law created a thing from The Feast of Ice and Fire. Wish I had pictures of it - bacon and beef pie was probably the star of the show, but the seafood chowder in trenchers was a close second.

Sadly, no capons.

NEEPS!

OG_slinger wrote:

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If there's any collectors of series related stuff, Valyrian Steel has announced pre-orders of stuff licensed from HBO. Most of their stuff is licensed base on the books, but the top 3 items are HBO licensed based on props from the show. The new items are Robb's sword, Bran's assassin's knife, and the Hound's helmet.

Robb's sword is all right, but it's pretty plain. The knife and helmet look pretty good, though I was surprised the helmet wasn't made of metal. I probably shouldn't have (don't tell the wife), but I pre-ordered the knife because I really like the look of the damascus steel.

I had been saving for the book version of Longclaw for quite a while, but they ended up selling out of it last June. Was really bummed when I went to order it for Christmas and found that out. But they say they're all ready working on a TV show version of that and Ice so I can't wait to see how those look.